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- Adriana van Spronsen, Wateringen († 1763)
- Joannes Franciscus Vernimmen, Temse,9140,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE († 1716)
- Adrianus Winne, Klerken,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1729)
- Hendrikje Hendriks van Moorselaar, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
- Marie Jeanne Claies, Bousbecque, 59166, Frankrijk († 1746)
- Hendrickje Hendricks van Moorselaar († 1782)
- Helena Willems Lucassen, Nijmegen
- Petrus Ritterbecks, Gangelt, Heinsberg, Rheinprovinz, Deutschland
- Clara Mouris, Amsterdam
- Henrica van Moorselaar, Amersfoort/KrommeElleboog
Died on Tuesday August 7, 1703
- Claire de Monsen (75), Melen, België
- Adriaen van de Lelij, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Wijntje Herberts (Weijntje) van Truijen, Barendrecht (West)
- Marie Eleonore von und zu Liechtenstein (56)
- Maria Eleonore von Liechtenstein (56)
- Willem Joosts Noordover (0), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Christian Dietrich Wolter
- Edward WRIGHT (68)
- Maria, Gudula von Oeijen (51), Leuth-Dückershof (Dld)
- Gabrielle DE PERNIERE (50), Buxière la Grue,03440
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 7, 1703 at Delpher
Born on August 7
- 1571 » Thomas Lupo, English viol player and composer († 1627)
- 1574 » Robert Dudley, English explorer and cartographer († 1649)
- 1598 » Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet and linguist († 1672)
- 1613 » William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch stadtholder († 1664)
- 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
- 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
- 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
- 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
- 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
- 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
Died on August 7
- 1613 » Thomas Fleming, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1544)
- 1616 » Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect, designed Teatro Olimpico (b. 1548)
- 1632 » Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, English soldier (b. 1575)
- 1635 » Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (b. 1591)
- 1639 » Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
- 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
- 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
- 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
- 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
- 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1703
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- May 21 » Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel.
- May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
- July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
- August 23 » Edirne event: Sultan Mustafa II of the Ottoman Empire is dethroned.
- December 7 » The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120mph, and 9,000 people die.
- December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.